French contactless card company ASK is set to introduce two new products at CARTES and IDentification Nov. 4-6. These include a new range of prelmaninated inlays for contactless smart cards, Corelam, and a universal, multi-standard contactless module, the UCM108. Designed to be the core of the contactless cards required by the banking and the identity […]

Mac users can log on to Microsoft Windows networks through DirectControl 4.2 from Centrify Corp., a provider of Active Directory-based access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms. This newest offering for Mac OS X adds smart card-based login to Active Directory for single sign-on to Windows-integrated services and applications. Centrify leverages the PKI […]

The BridgePoint Physical Access Control System with “Trust at the Threshold PKI” is the first high-assurance FIPS 201 reader and PACS to implement digital certificate challenge and response and certificate validation for user authentication, says the company. The solution, which can be implemented in coordination with other vendor PACS or in a stand-alone mode, can […]

The HSPD-12 deadline is coming up on Oct. 27. With the deadline fast approaching Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talked to Karen Evans, administrator for electronic government and information technology with the White House Office of Management and Budget, about the project’s progress and what are the next steps with the credential. Download MP3. https://www.secureidnews.com/podcasts […]

Since 2002 Australia has been testing biometric technology at its airports for use with Qantas staff. However, Australian Customs Service has announced that by June 2009 there will be biometric gates at all international airports in the country. The facial recognition systems, called SmartGate, have been implemented at Brisbane, Cairns and Melbourne airports and are […]

Accenture, a management and consulting firm, along with Sagem Defense Securite, a defense technology developer, have won a contract to develop the European Commission’s Biometric Matching System which is intended to integrate all the European Union identity programs. It also would further the elimination of physical borders among the 29 European countries involved. Under the […]

Intercede, a London-based supplier of HSPD-12/PIV/FIPS-201 compliant identity and credential management systems to the U.S. Federal Government, is issuing those attending the Smart Card Alliance’s Smart Cards In Government Conference a transit card good for travel on the Washington Metro. The company will be participating in the conference, which runs from Oct. 22-24, both as […]

Frost & Sullivan awarded Precise Biometrics with its 2008 Emerging Company of the Year award for its Match-on-Card system. Precise Biometrics offers a combination of smart card and fingerprint technology that is used to create a secure, accurate Precise Match-on-Card system, which both stores and matches fingerprints on a smart card. Precise Match-on-Card offers several […]

ActivIdentity Inc., a provider of identity assurance and credential management systems, announced its new market focus and approach in identity solutions. The new strategy is addressing the key ID 360 market-driving sectors: Employer-to-Employee, Business-to-Customer, and Government-to-Citizen. Under ActivIdentity’s new strategy, the company will leverage its identity assurance platform and credential management system to apply a […]

CoreStreet has announced enhancements to the CoreStreet PIVMAN suite of products. Now available in its third version, the suite features expanded platform support and functionality for software, as well as a graphical dashboard reporting option for the management station. The PIVMAN product includes software for handhelds and PCs for both mobile and fixed command stations. […]